One year ago, Douglass Berg, of Reston, said goodbye to his son and daughter before they boarded a flight with his ex­-wife on what was supposed to be a three ­week visit to her native Japan. He has not seen the children since.

Move to return 'abducted' kids to home countriesKyodo NewsJapan will become a party to a global treaty on child custody as early as next year amid growing calls abroad for Tokyo to join it and help resolve custody problems resulting from failed international marriages, government sources said Saturday.